Talk:Sandra Gregory

Old comments
OK how do I go about getting the title of the page changed from "Sandra gregory" to Sandra Gregory"? Alcapone69 23:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that not only was she not addicted to drugs, but she wasn't told she could keep half the heroin upon entry into Tokyo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.198.106 (talk) 10:47, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

In a tv documentary programme (not sure who produced it, but it was aired on Danish TV2 on 24 March 2008), actual footage of Sandra Gregory's graduation was shown (not a reconstruction), and she spoke of how proud she was for graduating. I would therefore assume that she was not expelled from university, and so have edited the article to reflect this. /Danish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.164.88.64 (talk) 22:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * That was her Oxford graduation but it was fine to move this unsourced stuff. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Sandra was not at Oxford University when she was caught in Thailand. She was not expelled from any university, where did that idea come from? Alcapone69 15:47, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Description
Why is this woman described as an author when her only notability is as a convicted criminal? Ian Brady wrote a book about his crimes. Does that make his primary description as author? (Goldmanuk (talk) 21:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC))


 * Because the notability comes not from her crime or her prison term but from the fact she's written a bestselling book about it. You won't find articles about all the other British prisoners in Thailand for this very reason. Bienfuxia (talk) 12:30, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

What you say is not true. The case was extensively covered in the British media from her arrest onwards. And she was a well known figure in the UK as a charged and later convicted drug trafficker before she had written a single word about her crime and punishment. The British media always give disproportionate attention to any British females (particularly young and/or pretty ones) held in third world jails (remember the Saudi nurses who were also as guilty as sin?). There were no other UK females being held in Thai jails for similar drug offences at that time which is the main reason you have never heard of them.

And of course had Sandra Gregory been male it would have hardly caused a ripple of interest. (Goldmanuk (talk) 01:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC))


 * Notability means notability for inclusion in Wikipedia, which she has as an author. Whether she deserved coverage in the media is utterly irrelevant. She meets the criteria, therefore she's here. Bienfuxia (talk) 13:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes. She *did* receive a lot of converage and was the main subject of at least one TV program Banged Up Abroad. Whether we like it or not, or whether that coverage was fair or justified, that coverage contributed to her notability. That coverage contriobuted to her book being successful, and that success contributed to her notability. So she does have the notability, so she is justifiably in wikipedia. Format (talk) 19:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

How long was she in Thailand for before arrest?
Wikipedia says over two years. But in a statement to the House of Commons in 2000, Malcolm Bruce MP said it was "over 18 months" - see here. Not a particularly important matter, but someone might want to look into it. –Tom Morris (talk) 13:51, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Update on Robert Lock?
Maybe a couple of lines on his later history. 86.145.69.220 (talk) 17:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Pic & 'Contents'
I think a pic would be appropriate. And I thought a Contents-list was automatic, even if there are only two sections. 86.144.64.85 (talk) 11:45, 10 October 2012 (UTC)